al-Zanj
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A region in sub-Saharan
East Africa.
Place Type
region
Descriptions
“ولم اذكر بلدان السودان في المغرب والبجة والزنج ومن في
اعراضهم من الام لان انتظام الممالك بالديانات والآداب والحكم وتقويم العمارات
بالسياسة المستقيمة” 2
Attestation
See Also
"Zanj" in WikipediaWorks Cited
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- 1 Aḥmad ibn ʿUmar Ibn Rustah, Kitāb al-aʿlāq al-nafīsa, pp: 83.
- 2 Abū al-Qāsim Muḥammad Ibn Ḥawqal, Kitāb al-masālik wa al-mamālik, pp: 9.
How to Cite This Entry
Thomas A. Carlson et al., “al-Zanj” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/2926.
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Bibliography:
Thomas A. Carlson et al., “al-Zanj.” In The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, edited by Haya Al Thani, Saif al-Murikhi, Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn, Abdul Rahman Chamseddine and Mario Kozah. Beth Mardutho: The Syriac Institute, 2020. Entry published January 10, 2020. https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/2926.About this Entry
Entry Title: al-Zanj
Authorial and Editorial Responsibility:
- Haya Al Thani, general editor, Beth Mardutho: The Syriac Institute
- Haya Al Thani, Saif al-Murikhi, Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn, Abdul Rahman Chamseddine, and Mario Kozah, editors, The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer
- Thomas A. Carlson and Tobias Scheunchen, entry contributors, “al-Zanj”
Additional Credit:
- Data correction and integration from Ibn Battuta, al-Bakri, al-Tabari, Nasir Khusraw, Ibn Jubayr, Isho’yahb III, Al-Muqaddasī, Ibn Ḥawqal, Al-Masūdī, Yāqūt b. ʿAbdallāh al-Ḥamawī by Tobias Scheunchen
- Ibn Ḥawqal data collection by Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn
- Ibn Ḥawqal data collection by Abdul Rahman Chamseddine
- Data merging and XML by William L. Potter
- Data merging and XML by David A. Michelson
- Ibn Rustah data collection by Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn
- Ibn Rustah data collection by Abdul Rahman Chamseddine
- Data merging, Wikipedia linking, and XML by Thomas A. Carlson
- Ibn Rustah data correction and integration by Thomas A. Carlson
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